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Technology Stocks : CDMA, Globalstar versus Iridium, Inmarsat, etc.

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To: blue_lotus who wrote (94)5/16/1997 5:34:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn   of 381
 
newspage.com

Neeraj and others, that is an address for Iridium's structure at the retail level. They seem to be getting organized.

newspage.com

That is an address commenting on the launch of the first five satellites for Iridium. Late, but up in space.

The next item says how critical it is for timeliness. I guess a few months delay by Iridium didn't matter. It means Globalstar is not far behind now for its first launch. A question remains over the quality of these first five satellites - are they the finished product or only partly operational?
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PROGRESS ON MSS FRONT PLEASES INVESTORS

NEW YORK--The investment community has a generally positive view of the nascent mobile satellite services business, but it is critical for services such as Iridium LLC and Globalstar L.P. to maintain their announced timetables and move toward the introduction ... [MOBILE SATELLITE NEWS, PAY PER VIEW, 590 words, $3.00]
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...and here comes Teledesic [also from Newspage]!

TELEDESIC SET TO CREATE BETTER SERVICE WITH FEWER SATELLITES

NEW YORK--Teledesic Corp., the low-Earth-orbit satellite system backed by Bill Gates, Craig McCaw and Boeing Co., will benefit from a recent decision to cut the number of satellites in the system ... [MOBILE SATELLITE NEWS, PAY PER VIEW, 482 words, $3.00]

Maurice
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